Working with ROYAL Issue 567 £1.80 28 April – 4 May 2017 HEADS TOGETHER by Ben Pulsford 10 YEARS OF AWARD * WINNING MORE THAN TWO MILLION READERS NEWS! * general GUARDIANS OF 18 election THE GALAXY’S MENTAL health has been a explained 7 chris pratt big topic of conversati on in the UK, over the last couple of weeks. And many people are thanking William, Catherine and Harry for starti ng this big live.fi rstnews.co.uk conversati on. SAVE EARTH With their campaign, Heads Together, the young royals have been doing everything they can to get more children, men and women opening up about mental health. They say that keeping in good CHILDREN mental health is just as important as keeping our physical health in check. Unfortunately, because we WANT LESSONS can’t always see a mental illness like a physical illness, some people feel uncomfortable talking about IN CARING FOR it. Heads Together is working hard to get everyone opening up about OUR HOME AND mental health. That conversati on has become HUGE. The charity released several ITS WILDLIFE videos that went viral, including one of Prince William FaceTiming Lady Gaga to discuss mental health, plus a very open video of William, Catherine and Harry talking about their own mental wellbeing. Conti nued on page 4 The panda is the animal children fear losing the most by editor in chief Nicky Cox SAVING the environment should be taught in schools to save the Earth, say children. The young people questioned for a new report said they were worried about Donald Trump being the President of were worried about their futures, with 87% saying they the United States. Trump once said that climate change wanted lessons in caring for the planet. was “a hoax”. The survey of 1,000 under-14s by Explore Learning The research was carried out to highlight the theme of found that pollution was their biggest worry, followed by this year’s National Young Writers’ Awards – ‘the future’. the extinction of animals, politics and rising sea levels. Children aged four to 14 are invited to write a story of up Pandas were the animals that children were most to 500 words, set in 3017. concerned about dying out, followed by polar bears The deadline is Friday 5 May. Find out more at Catherine hugs a Heads Together and elephants. Nearly nine out of ten children said they explorelearning.co.uk/youngwriters. runner at the fi nish line of the London Marathon * The 2012 Newspaper Awards: Best weekly national newspaper and best niche market newspaper. Also, Plain English Campaign: Best national newspaper. * First News readership gure is 2,235,888. Source: Opinion Matters 2016. First News supports children’s charities – see page 18. 2. Quick news FirstNews Issue 567 28 April – 4 May 2017 1 Film festival 6 holiday hunger 9 Time 1o0 15 Mental health Last call for primary schools! There’s A report has revealed that up to three Ed Sheeran has made it into Time in school sti ll ti me to enter a short fi lm into this million children risk going hungry during magazine’s 100 Most Infl uenti al People year’s Lit Film Festi val. The winning and the school holidays. Without access to list for 2017. He joins US President Chariti es including YoungMinds shortlisted schools will be invited to free meals in school canteens, many are Donald Trump and Carpool Karaoke’s and the Samaritans are calling watch their movies on the big screen simply not eati ng. Read more next week. James Corden. for bett er mental health in at the BFI IMAX in London on 19 June. schools. In a lett er to theDaily For more info, visit litf ilmfest.com. Telegraph, the chariti es called 7 Swapping poo on politi cal parti es to make sure Sloths at Drusillas Park have been that the health and wellbeing 2 Dahl’s home swapping poo, to help them get to of students is just as important as their academic work. The Roald Dahl’s childhood home in Cardiff know each other! Head Keeper Mark chariti es have also writt en to has been given a blue plaque. The iconic Kenward explained: “Smell is an the Prime Minister about the disk was put on the front wall of the incredibly important sense for animals. issue, saying that the house, which is up for sale right now. Poo, in parti cular, provides a litt le educati on system needs The plaque honours the famous author parcel of informati on about the animal to be more balanced. behind classic stories like The BFG and who left it.” Following the poo swap, 10 Driver dream Mati lda. Flash and Consuela, the sloths, have moved in together. A teen racing driver who lost his legs in a crash is determined to drive again. Billy Monger, 17, had to have both his 16 No coins? lower limbs amputated aft er he hit Could South Korea soon be coinless? a stati onary car at high speed during The country is trialling a new card a Formula 4 event. Racing star Jenson scheme, which will see customers at Butt on gave £15,000 towards selected stores given small change on a fundraising appeal. a card instead of in cash. If the trial is successful, it could be rolled out 11 Young dancer across other stores and banks. 3 sel-flies? Nafi sah Baba has won the BBC Young An exoti c insect hunter has become Dancer 2017 prize. Nafi sah started ballet 17 Environment prize dancing when she was three, and is part an internet sensati on for taking selfi es An ex-child soldier has been given an of the Chrysalis London dance company with unusual bugs on his face. Adrian important environmental award. now. She was presented with the award Kozakiewicz, 20, has gained more than Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, who by famous dancer Darcey Bussell. 156,000 Instagram followers for his is now a park ranger at the Virunga insect pics. He owns 600 insects and Nati onal Park in the Democrati c other creepy-crawlies. 20 Republic of Congo, has spent much of his life tackling illegal wildlife 4 3D fabric THINGS TO KNOW AND TELL poaching. His work is being honoured with the Goldman Prize. NASA has developed a new 3D-printed metal fabric for space. Quick news to read yourself Engineer Raul Casillas and his team, 18 school meals based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion and share WITH FRIENDS... Obesity Acti on Laboratory in California, USA, Scotland (OAS) invented the fl exible material for is calling for large antennas. It will be used to fewer puddings protect spacecraft from meteorites, 8 Naughty dog 12 Shark attack and more capture objects and make spacesuits. vegetables to be served in schools. The A Chihuahua was arrested by police for A Briti sh woman was att acked by a OAS believes that bett er school meals suff ering anger issues. Cops took the shark while swimming near Ascension could help to tackle obesity problems. 5 Fivers out dog into custody aft er they found it Island in the South Atlanti c. She was of fashion angrily roaming the streets of Lurgan in treated in a local hospital before being Northern Ireland. A comical appeal for airlift ed to the UK. 19 No education If you have any old paper £5 its owners was made on Facebook by notes stashed away, make sure offi cers who were bitt en by the ti ny dog, More reading More than 25 million young people you spend them quickly! From who was later reunited with its owners. 13 are missing out on school in confl ict 5 May, the old notes will no More than two thirds (67%) of people zones across 22 countries, says UNICEF. longer be classed as legal tender in the UK wish they read more, says a South Sudan, Chad and Afghanistan (money). That means shops new study by the Reading Agency. Lots are among the worst aff ected. UNICEF won’t let you spend them! quote of people also lie about their reading Chief of Educati on Josephine Bourne Mark said about habits to impress others. said: “At no ti me is educati on more smartphones: important than in ti mes of war.” “The only reason I go on my 14 Mapped out phone/computer for more than 20 12 years two hours is because there’s The Google Maps app can now show nothing to do where you everywhere you’ve ever been! It Last weekend marked 12 years works by recording locati on data on a I live.” since the fi rst video was uploaded ti meline. This can be switched off ! to YouTube! 3. big news FirstNews Issue 567 28 April – 4 May 2017 Editor’s G e tt y comment Nicky Cox MBE an end to ELECTION fever seems to have broken out! With the French presidenti al electi ons all over the news (this page), we’ve also got our own General Electi on coming up on malaria? 8 June to decide whether we want to sti ck with the same government or have a new one. And, next Thursday, there are thousands of seats up for grabs in local electi ons across England, Wales and Scotland. These are to appoint councillors for our local councils, whereas the General Electi on is for the central government. If it’s all a litt le confusing, read THE fi rst ever vaccine against malaria will be introduced into Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in 2018.